Chapter 273 – Flexible Aung San

“What if we can’t accept this forced attitude?” Wu Su stood up with reluctance in her heart and sounded quite tough.

“That’s simple, reopen the investigation. All of you are big names in Burma, so it should be understandable for you to be held off-site during the investigation in order to prevent unnecessary interference, right?” Alan Wilson said with a face that there is still this good thing, “After the complete defeat of the Axis, to carry out some necessary purges, I believe that the United Nations is also surely a favorable attitude, what about our British duty, is to send you to China, of course whether or not you can still come back, that’s not certain.”

Before waiting for the other party to retort, Alan Wilson has self-consciously said, “You are very prestigious in the eyes of the Burmese, after being imprisoned by another country there may be some confusion, this is something that I can communicate with Nehru, I believe that he is very supportive of the Indian army to enter Burma to maintain stability, but as with the previous question, whether you will still be leaving after coming, it is also not certain. ”

By saying these two things together, Alan Wilson is telling these independent Burmese leaders in front of him.

Don’t expect any justice to come, even if they get to the International Court of Justice, with the ambiguous relationship between these people and the Japanese army, they will definitely be liquidated as pro-Japanese, there won’t be a second way out, the only thing is whether there is anyone to hold them accountable.

There might or might not be, depending on whether they cooperated with the policy of the British Empire.

“New Delhi telegram, Commissioner.” Burgess’s secretary came through the door with a telegram from New Delhi.

“Just read it directly.” Burgess was filled with helplessness, his hand on his forehead absentmindedly, still trying to figure out how to reconcile the current tension.

“The riots in the Andaman Islands have subsided and the rioters have been brought to justice, quite cleanly.” The secretary read out the telegram in the middle of it as it was written.

“Wow! It looks like all of Yamashita Bong Man’s elite troops are dead and clean, the Indians did a good job.” Alan Wilson had nothing to say, but in the secretary read to the halfway point, suddenly realized that this telegram came at the right time, with a condescending tone, “Indian soldiers are not bad, 70,000 to 80,000 people said to kill clean.”

This is blackmail, do not need to see in front of the British performance, Aung San can also be able to judge.

But he must admit, this blackmail is very effective, the Andaman Islands, they these Burmese senior officials, although they do not know the inside story, but they also know some of the recent movements, such as the British air force mobilization.

But it did not occur to them that the British were so dry, and it looked like they were razing that island to the ground.

“Don’t just stand there, hurry up and sign.” Alan Wilson urged with a tone of drumming confusion, “Now that the island is empty again, out of the necessary procedures of democracy, then I will propose a second option, you can also not go to China, or go to the Andaman Islands, choose one for yourselves.”

The brushing sound of signing documents indicated that Aung San and the others had made their choice, not to go to China nor to the Andaman Islands, and to remain in Rangoon to contribute to the fight for national independence.

“That’s right, I seem to see you leading Burma after its independence. Remember, as long as you live, this qualifies you to enjoy glory. Seeing that Burma is going to be independent in the last few years, don’t fall in the darkness before the dawn.” Alan Wilson clapped his hands and cheered for Aung San and the others, “And to be honest, Burma’s independence will definitely come after British India, so I hope you all have a mental preparation.”

The conference room was left with Alan Wilson himself singing a solo act, and of course did not forget the dumbfounded Burgess, pointing to this Cambridge Five’s, “My friend Burgess, is a kind man. But you must not take this kindness for weakness; as long as British India is not independent, the mobilization of Indian troops to suppress Burma is a trump card that can be activated at any time by the Viceroyalty of British India, and the Congress Party is very much in favor of it.”

“In the midst of the last hours, I hope that both of us can make peace with each other, and we will naturally leave when we have finished our business, but there is one sentence that I hope you will remember, that what the British Empire gives to you is yours, and that if the British Empire does not give it to you, you cannot rob it.”

Since Aung San and others have signed the document, Allen Wilson temporarily put away the colonialist’s face, began to lay out the facts and reason, clearly tell each other what cards are still in the hands of the British now, so that both sides have a clear understanding of each other’s strength, so that it is good for everyone, so as to avoid a strategic miscalculation.

The British Empire is now just no money, does not mean that you can not beat these colonies, make a fuss is possible, freedom of speech. But don’t make a scene and take it seriously, it’s not good ……

When Aung San and the others were about to leave the conference room, Alan Wilson said to General Aung San’s back, “In a few days, the leaders of Kachin and Karen will arrive in Rangoon, so if Aung San has time, he can come over to sit in on the meeting.”

It was an unpleasant day for these independent Burmese leaders, and in turn Alan Wilson was in a pleasant mood, joking with Burgess.

“Alan, you’re going to cause a backlash from the Burmese.” Burgess frowned a little at the improvisation Allen Wilson had just done, “It will increase instability in Burma.”

“Instability is what Burma faces after independence, we are leaving, what do we care if the Burmese are in deep water in the future?” Alan Wilson grunted lightly, “As long as there’s no major chaos within two years, supplying the needs of the homeland will be fine. The other problems are the Burmese’s own, and besides, hasn’t it worked out well?”

“China really made a demand?” Burgess asked a few questions about the blackmail he had just been blackmailed with as soon as he heard Alan Wilson say that.

“Of course they didn’t, but it wouldn’t be hard. We can bribe the administrators of the neighboring Burmese provinces, write a random proclamation in the name of the central government, and we’ll send the men there.” A treacherous grin flashed across Alan Wilson’s face, as smug as if it was yesterday all over again with Bokina and Anna.

In fact, on the level of the Cannon Party, Allen Wilson wants to operate really is not a difficult thing, Chang Gong but a large two rivers Governor only, what control over the border provinces, casually give some benefits this matter can be done down.

The key is to let Aung San and others clear, tearing their faces if they lose is their own.

The British Empire might not be as powerful now as it was before the war, but that was just being coy with the US and USSR, and it could still strike hard in the colonies.

“And Nehru?” Burgess drew out a long note, rushing his forehead at Alan Wilson just waiting for the following.

“Nehru would have literally jumped for joy if there had been whispers of a merger between India and Burma.” Alan Wilson replied in an affirmative tone, “At any price, Nehru would have agreed.”

India was supposed to have an eastward strategy after independence, aiming to establish influence in Southeast Asian countries heavily influenced by Indian culture, the scope of which was presumably all Southeast Asian countries.

In fact there is nothing wrong with this judgment, with the exception of Vietnam, all Southeast Asian countries have been historically influenced by Indian culture, whether it be Burma Thailand or Cambodia, and the influence of Indian culture far outweighs the influence of Chinese culture.

This is true, but modern India itself is not strong enough to capitalize on its cultural strengths.

On another occasion, Aung San and his friends, too, were having a discussion about the day’s encounter and verbally attacking Alan Wilson for his downright colonial face.

“What can he do if we don’t agree?” Wu Su said indignantly, “He could really send us to China.”

“He’s also very honest, didn’t he say, maybe he will or maybe he won’t.” Aung San let out a bitter laugh and said, “In fact, the most worrying thing is that when we left, he talked about the Kachin and Karen, and of course the other tribal armies. These tribes are still really very close to Britain and are not of one mind with the Burmese.”

As soon as Aung San’s words left his mouth, the atmosphere became silent, in fact, the threats issued by Allen Wilson were real threats, whether it was the off-site detention, or getting India to send in troops, or even the Karen and Kachin armies, every single one of them was the truth.

The problem was that it was so real that Aung San and the others were intimidated. People did work with the Japanese, so being sent to China was possible, and Indian nationalists did have ill will towards Burma, and some of the tribes in Burma did have poor relations with the Burmese.

Each of these things is true, and Aung San and others have no crack at all as long as they are once practiced.

Once the ruling class shameless up, the ruled will only dry eyes, as long as they do not dare to rise up, all the dissatisfaction can only be held back, do not rely on external forces to rise up? Aung San and the others were really unsure in their minds.

“We are still not familiar with this person, we should get to know him, so I decided to accept his invitation to sit in on the conversation between him and the Kachin Karen leaders.” Aung San didn’t come up with a good solution either, and eventually took a step back, showing flexibility in the struggle, joining in for the time being if he couldn’t beat them.

It didn’t take long for Aung San’s goodwill to reach Allen Wilson’s ears, and smiled at U Tin Lwin, who was hosting him in Burma, and said, “See, don’t think that fighting for independence makes you such a great person; you Chinese have a saying, a good bird chooses a tree, and you can apply it to Aung San.”

Is Gandhi enough to get into the drama, saying hunger strike, not the same as going back on his word to the PMLN? How can Aung San compete with Gandhi’s persona? Showing flexible moral standards is logical.

The meeting place between Allen Wilson and the leaders of the Karen Kachin was set in the middle of the club in the British settlement, the spiritual bastion of the European clubs in the Asian colonies, including Burma, the real seat of power of the British Empire, the world of bliss to which the native officials and the millionaires aspire in vain.

Although the majority of club members were white, the clubs also admitted the native elites of the colonies, and there were very few clubs that did not admit natives; the natives of the clubs, again, were an extension of the power of the colonial government.